Notes and Rests

Question 1

semibreve

Answer 1

4 counts (empty circle with no stick)

Question 2

minim

Answer 2

2 counts (empty circle with a stick)

Question 3

crotchet

Answer 3

1 count (solid circle with stick)

Question 4

quaver

Answer 4

1/2 count (solid circle with stick and tail)

Question 5

How many quavers in a minim?

Answer 5

4

Question 6

How many crotchets in a minim?

Answer 6

2

Question 7

How many crotchets in a semibreve?

Answer 7

4

Question 8

How is the duration of a note affected by a dot to the right of it?

Answer 8

It is lengthened by 1/2 of its original duration.

Question 9

dotted minim

Answer 9

3 counts

Question 10

dotted crotchet

Answer 10

1 and a 1/2 counts

Question 11

dotted semibreve

Answer 11

6 counts

Question 12

dotted quaver

Answer 12

3/4 counts

Question 13

semibreve rest

Answer 13

one bar silence (irrespective of time signature); solid rectangle hanging from the 4th line

Question 14

minim rest

Answer 14

2 counts; solid rectangle lying on 3rd line

Question 15

crotchet rest

Answer 15

1 count; squiggle that looks like a back to front “3”!

Question 16

quaver rest

Answer 16

1/2 count; looks like a “7”

Question 17

sharp

Answer 17

raises note by a semitone

Question 18

flat

Answer 18

lowers note by a semitone

Question 19

natural

Answer 19

cancels the sharp or flat

Question 20

simple duple time

Answer 20

2 - 4 time (2 counts per bar)

Question 21

simple triple time

Answer 21

3-4 time (3 counts per bar)

Question 22

Which notes get grouped together?

Answer 22

notes belonging to one beat

Question 23

What is the rhyme for remembering how many sharps there are in a specific key?

Answer 23

Come Go Down And Eat Bread, Fruit, Cream.
C - 0 sharps
G - 1 sharp
D - 2 sharps
A - 3 sharps
E - 4 sharps
B - 5 sharps
F - 6 sharps
C - 7 sharps

Question 24

What is the rhyme for remembering which sharps belong to a specific key?

Answer 24

Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle.
1 sharp    - F
2 sharps - F, C
3 sharps - F, C, G
4 sharps - F, C, G, D
5 sharps - F, C, G, D, A

Question 25

What is the Tonic?

Answer 25

First scale degree (e.g. C for C major scale)

Question 26

What is the subdominant?

Answer 26

Fourth scale degree (e.g. F for C major scale)

Question 27

What is the dominant?

Answer 27

Fifth scale degree (e.g. G for C major scale)

Question 28

What is the name of the first scale degree?

Answer 28

Tonic (I)

Question 29

What is the name of the fourth scale degree?

Answer 29

Subdominant (IV)

Question 30

What is the name of the fifth scale degree?

Answer 30

Dominant (V)

Question 31

What is an interval?

Answer 31

The distance between two notes.

Question 32

What is a third interval?

Answer 32

The note (note 1) and the one two notes higher (note 3).

Question 33

What is a fifth interval?

Answer 33

The note (note 1) and the one four notes higher (note 5).

Question 34

What are solfa syllables?

Answer 34

doh, ray, mi, fah, soh, lah, ti, doh

Question 35

The solfa syllables of the first note of a key

Answer 35

doh

Question 36

The solfa syllables of the second note of a key

Answer 36

ray

Question 37

The solfa syllables of the third note of a key

Answer 37

mi

Question 38

The solfa syllables of the fourth note of a key

Answer 38

fah

Question 39

The solfa syllables of the fifth note of a key

Answer 39

soh

Question 40

The solfa syllables of the sixth note of a key

Answer 40

lah

Question 41

The solfa syllables of the seventh note of a key

Answer 41

ti